Bringing life to Peru's ancient mummies

By Helena Cavendish de Moura, Special to CNN

Updated 2107 GMT (0507 HKT) November 30, 2015

Photographer Lorry Salcedo traveled the coast of his native Peru, documenting mummies that were more than 1,000 years old. This face is from a child, age 8-10, from the Wari Empire (550-1000 A.D.).
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Photographer Lorry Salcedo traveled the coast of his native Peru, documenting mummies that were more than 1,000 years old. This face is from a child, age 8-10, from the Wari Empire (550-1000 A.D.).
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This baby was found next to a quipu, a tool used for accounting that was based on woven wool ropes and knots. It is assumed that the fate assigned to this child was to be a quipucamayoc, sort of an accountant in the Incan culture.
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This baby was found next to a quipu, a tool used for accounting that was based on woven wool ropes and knots. It is assumed that the fate assigned to this child was to be a quipucamayoc, sort of an accountant in the Incan culture.
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This mummy was found in the Lagoon of the Condors, also known as the Lagoon of the Mummies, in northeastern Peru.
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This mummy was found in the Lagoon of the Condors, also known as the Lagoon of the Mummies, in northeastern Peru.
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